MARS - INTERN DAILY

Feb 11, 2015 (JPL)

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is nearing a location on Mars at which its driving distance will surpass the length of a marathon race. A drive on Feb...

NASA's Curiosity Analyzing Sample of Martian Mountain

Feb 10, 2015 (JPL)

The second bite of a Martian mountain taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover hints at long-ago effects of water that was more acidic than any evidenced in the rov...

NASA Spacecraft Completes 40,000 Mars Orbits

Feb 10, 2015 (JPL)

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter passed a mission milestone of 40,000 orbits on Feb. 7, 2015, in its ninth year of returning information about the atmosphere,...

Mars Orbiter Spies Curiosity Rover at Work

Feb 05, 2015 (JPL)

A Dec. 13, 2014, image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera orbiting Mars shows NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on the rover's walkab...

Meteorite may represent 'bulk background' of Mars' battered crust

Feb 03, 2015 (SPX)

NWA 7034, a meteorite found a few years ago in the Moroccan desert, is like no other rock ever found on Earth. It's been shown to be a 4.4 billion-year-old chun...

Several Drives This Week Put Opportunity Near Marathon Distance

Jan 30, 2015 (JPL)

Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards "Marathon Valley," a putative location for abundant clay minerals now about 984 feet (300 met...

Gully patterns document Martian climate cycles

Jan 29, 2015 (SPX)

Geologists from Brown University have found new evidence that glacier-like ice deposits advanced and retreated multiple times in the midlatitude regions of Mars...

The two faces of Mars

Jan 29, 2015 (SPX)

The two hemispheres of Mars are more different from any other planet in our solar system. Non-volcanic, flat lowlands characterise the northern hemisphere, whil...

Hilltop Panorama Marks Mars Rover's 11th Anniversary

Jan 23, 2015 (JPL)

A panorama from one of the highest elevations that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached in its 11 years on Mars includes the U.S. flag at the s...

Mysteries in Nili Fossae

Jan 23, 2015 (ESA)

These new images from the high-resolution stereo camera on ESA's Mars Express show Nili Fossae, one of the most enticing regions on Mars. This 'graben system' l...

NASA, Microsoft Collaboration Will Allow Scientists to 'Work on Mars'

Jan 23, 2015 (SPX)

NASA and Microsoft have teamed up to develop software called OnSight, a new technology that will enable scientists to work virtually on Mars using wearable tech...

Helicopter Could be 'Scout' for Mars Rovers

Jan 23, 2015 (JPL)

Getting around on Mars is tricky business. Each NASA rover has delivered a wealth of information about the history and composition of the Red Planet, but a rove...

Students to Send Life to Mars Onboard Mars One Lander in 2018

Jan 21, 2015 (SPX)

The first step to establish a permanent colony on Mars could be taken in 2018 when a group of European students will send its project to the Red Planet. The tea...

UA-led HiRISE camera spots long-lost space probe on Mars

Jan 19, 2015 (SPX)

The UK-led Beagle 2 Mars Lander, thought lost on Mars since 2003, has been found partially deployed on the surface of the planet, ending the mystery of what hap...

Team Working on Strategy to Fix Flash Memory Issue

Jan 16, 2015 (JPL)

Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards "Marathon Valley," a putative location for abundant clay minerals now less than 1,969 feet (6...

Lost and found in space: Beagle 2 seen on Mars 11 years on

Jan 16, 2015 (AFP)

A British-built probe which vanished 11 years ago has been found on the surface of Mars, scientists said on Friday, solving an enduring mystery of space explora...

Long-lost British space probe found on Mars: agency

Jan 16, 2015 (AFP)

A British-built space probe that disappeared without trace more than a decade ago has been spotted on the surface of Mars, the UK Space Agency said on Friday. T...

Crystal-Rich Rock 'Mojave' is Next Mars Drill Target

Jan 15, 2015 (JPL)

A rock target where NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is using its sample-collection drill this week may have a salty story to tell. This target, called "Mojave," dis...

Russia-EU Mars Research Program to Be Completed

Jan 13, 2015 (Sputnik)

Works on Russia-EU Mars research program ExoMars will be completed, and two missions will be launched in 2016 and 2018, Sergei Savelev, deputy head of the Russi...

NASA Mars Rover Opportunity Climbs to High Point on Rim

Jan 11, 2015 (JPL)

After completing two drives this week, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has paused to photograph the panoramic vista from the highest point the rover h...